October News
Next Meeting
Our next meeting is on Thursday 1st October, 7.30pm at Harewood House. The talk is Trewithen Plants by Gary Long and we have all the usual attractions.
Coffee Bar
Thank you to everyone who has signed up for helping at our coffee bar week commencing the12th October. We currently have enough people for Monday, Wednesday and Thursday, but have only 2 people signed up for Tuesday and we could do with one more person on Friday. If you are able to help at all, even for a couple of hours it would be really appreciated. Please contact Lloyd Hills at lloydhills10@gmail.com or by phone at 07579 767124. He'll also be at our next meeting on the 1st October if you would like to speak to him in person.Also, at that meeting, we would be very glad of any coffee bar donations, such as biscuits, tins of tuna and corned beef, sugar coffee and tea.
Your support for these coffee bars is very much appreciated as it does provide funds to help PGA run their events and helps us to make our annual charity donation at our Christmas Party.
Onion Competition
For those members who are taking part in the heaviest onion competition, please bring your entries to Thursday’s meeting for the Weigh-In.
Helen McCall
For those that knew Helen, her funeral will be held on Monday 5th October at 1.30pm (please note revised time) at the Park Crematorium, Room 2.
Suttons and Dobies Discount Codes
The code for ordering from Dobies is SUGD354A
The code for ordering from Suttons is SUGS191A
The discount for each supplier is:
50% off seed packets & 20% off live products.
Asian Hornets
From a recent BBC article:
People are being urged to report sightings of Asian hornets in a bid to stop them spreading.
The non-native invasive species, which was recently spotted in Somerset for the first time, is a predator of other insects including honeybees, butterflies and beetles.
The sighting in Somerset has raised concerns the hornets could be heading towards Devon and Cornwall and South West Water has asked people to report any sightings.
Officials in the Channel Islands reported a record number of Asian hornet queens and nests last year and said this year would be a critical indicator since queens had been caught earlier than ever before.
For more information see: Widespread concern about spread of Asian hornets - BBC News
An app (ASIAN HORNET WATCH) can be downloaded to smartphones, to identify and report sightings.
Annual Charity Quiz
Plympton and District Civic Society are holding a quiz on FRIDAY 9th OCTOBER at Harewood House. Doors open at 7.00pm with quiz getting underway at 7.30. The cost is £8 for a team of up to 4 people. Bring your own refreshments (and glasses).
Entries to Mrs N Chinner, 29 Moorland Drive, Plympton PL7 1QY or email n.chinner@sky.com
Christmas Meeting
There will be a Christmas Social evening on Thursday 3rd December which will include a buffet, raffle, bingo, quizzes and music. The cost of the evening is £5 per member. Previous Christmas events have proved very popular and therefore the event is for members only and is payable in advance at our October or November meeting (cash or card).
2027 Speaker Programme
Next year’s programme is shown below. The cost will remain at £1 per meeting. Anyone wishing to pay in advance for all 10 meetings may do so by contacting Phil Warren.(It will not be possible to refund monies for any meetings missed). It is felt that this may help reduce queuing time on entry to the hall. Please contact Phil on 07892 623991 or by email plymptonga@gmail.com
A £15 payment will, therefore, give you a year’s membership and entry to ten meetings (February – November inc.)
JAN 7th NO MEETING
FEB 4th AGM followed by a talk on Seed Saving by
Becky Searle
MAR 4th Burgh Island – where wild things grow
MEMBERS DAFFODIL COMPETITION
MAR 20th SPRING SHOW
APRIL 1st Miniature narcissus – David Carver
MAY 6th To catch the eye of the judge – Francis Burroughs
JUNE 3rd National Gardens – Julia Tremlett
JULY 1st “milk bottles & more” – Caroline Crocker
AUG 5th The history of tea – Jeremy Wilson
AUG 21st SUMMER SHOW
SEPT 2nd “Weed” – Caroline Stone
OCT 7th The ups and downs of exhibiting – Stella Exley
MEMBERS ONION COMPETITION
NOV 4th Dazzling Dahlias – Bella Given
DEC 2nd Members Christmas Evening